The aim of this paper is to understand why some economies do not adopt existing technologies. It focuses on the political factor and studies this phenomenon through the distinctive and interesting experience of European growth: the remarkable economic expansion that took place in northwestern...

This article seeks to examine the nature and consequences of agrarian change in Ethiopia since the revolution of 1974. It argues that while the reforms implemented since 1975 have effectively destroyed the age-old feudal framework of agriculture, they have not yet created a coherent new...